A night without sleep changes the brain and how appetizing people find high-calorie foods.

Growing coastal cities will be inundated by sea level rise

New forms of influenza viruses can spur production of antibodies to past pandemics in people who lived through them

Researchers disable key protein, make plant sugars easier to access

Instead of reducing parts, engineers suggest building planes from thousands of identical pieces

Erosion came thanks to cooling and more rain, not tectonic activity

Space telescope’s days as a premier planet hunter are over

Research on social media's reluctant users, marital ideals and single parenthood and intimate victims of cybernastiness presented August 10-13 in New York City

Allergens that chop up a clotting protein contribute to reactions

Restoring a depleted molecule in obese mice repaired their abnormal response to food

Researchers transform stem cells into contracting cardiac cells

Tiny olingo species dubbed 'olinguito'

Ocean currents and polar front form 'moat' that keeps destructive mollusks at bay

Researchers transmit information from one tiny circuit to another

Pulsar near Milky Way’s center makes first assessment of this type possible

Many clinicians regard borderline personality disorder as untreatable trouble

A huge gas cloud is being stretched, shredded and destroyed by the black hole at the center of the Milky Way

A flash of light in the brain plants false memories

Blows to the head may explain these effects on the brain

Partly melted rock acts like great to help huge masses of the planet’s surface slip up, around and down